Gentilly, Quebec
Gentilly (Script error: No such module "IPA".), known as Saint-Édouard-de-Gentilly until 1900, is a village now part of Bécancour, Quebec, Canada. It is one of the major population centres within Bécancour's extensive territory, with 1,673 inhabitants counted in Gentilly at the 2016 population census.[1]
The village is home to a traditionally French-speaking population and hosts the famous yearly Potirothon.[2] While Gentilly is a small town, it has all the essential services and a warm/welcoming community. The Parc Regional de la Rivière Gentilly[3] is close to town and offers hiking, camping, mountain biking and kayaking. It is also in proximity to the Parc Industriel de Bécancour[4] where most industries are involved in manufacturing. Among these is the Gentilly Nuclear Generating Station, decommissioned in 2012.[5]
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History
In 1647 the Company of New France, or Company of One Hundred Associates (Compagnie des Cent-Associés) as it was more commonly known, sold two fiefs to Nicolas Marsolet and Pierre Lefebvre on the shores of the Saint-Lawrence River and the Gentilly River. In 1668 Pierre Lefebvre gave his fief title to his son-in-law Félix Thunès (Sieur Dufresne) who held it until 1669 when it was to Michel Pelletier (Sieur de Laprade). The same year Pelletier got Intendant Bouterouse to grant him a parcel of land bordering Nicolas Marsolet's fief. In 1671 Marsolet also sold his fief to Michel Pelletier, who now owned a parcel of land along about Script error: No such module "convert". of coastline on the Saint Lawrence and reached Script error: No such module "convert". inland. This was the land on which Gentilly would be established.[6] In 1683, these three land concessions gained the status "seigneurie des Poissons". The Seigneurie de Gentilly was surveyed in March 1735, and the territory then became a parish in 1784.[7] The town was named Saint-Édouard-de-Gentilly after Gentilly, Val-de-Marne, in France.[8]
On 10 April 1900, the parish of Saint-Édouard-de-Gentilly was broken up, and the town became an independent village, taking on the shorter name of Gentilly.[9] On 17 October 1965 Gentilly was merged into the municipality of Bécancour[10] and has been part of it since.
Notable people
- Denis Villeneuve - film director and writer.
- Lucien Dubois - member of House of Commons of Canada; author of "The History of Gentilly (1935)".
- Pépé et sa Guitare - musician.
- Céline Baril - artist and film director
Demographics
Of the resident population, 78.3% (1 310) speak only French, and 21.7% are bilingual in French and English.[1]
References
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- ↑ Dubois, Lucien,, Histoire de la paroisse de Gentilly /, Québec (Province), s.n., 1935, 1 ressource en ligne (286 p.) : ill. portr., Collections de BAnQ.
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- ↑ Gazette officielle de Québec, 14 avril 1900, pages 901-902.
- ↑ Gazette officielle de Québec, 9 octobre 1965, 97e année, numéro 41, pages 5373-5375.
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